Heavy-duty dumper kills Drilling Assistant at mine site

Nkawkaw (Eastern Region) - A 45-year-old Drilling Assistant of the Sian Goldfields Company Limited at Esaase, near Nkawkaw in the Eastern Region died on the spot when a heavy-duty dumper vehicle fell on him. The body of Samuel Asante, the drilling assistant has been deposited at the Kwahu Government Hospital at Atibie for autopsy.

According to the Nkawkaw Divisional Police, at about 1.00 pm. on June 16, Mohammed Seidu, the driver in-charge of the dumper was driving towards the main mining pit with the deceased sitting at the side of the driver.

The source said the driver lost control of the vehicle, which skidded off the road, and fell on the deceased killing him instantly.

The death of Asante, a citizen of Esaase created tension between the residents of the town and the Management of the company and the District Chief Executive, Mr Raymond Osafo Dyan and the Nkawkaw Divisional Commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police Rose Bio Atenga had to move in to save the situation.

The DCE said the death of Asante was accidental and appealed to his relatives and the inhabitants to co-operate with the Management of the Company to bury the deceased peacefully.